Rail-fastener.



J. B. GLENN.

RAIL FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31. 1916.

1,205, 1 90. Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

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RAIL FASTENER.

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JOHN BEAUREGARD GLENN, OF SHELBY, NORTH CAROLINA.

RAIL-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN BEAUREGARD GLENN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Shelby, in the county of Cleveland and State of North Carolina, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail- Fasteners, of which the following is a speci fication.

This invention relates to improvements in the construction of ties for railway rails, and means associated therewith for securing the rails upon the ties.

An object of the invention is to construct a metallic tie by forming a steel member with a head, base and ends and which are connected by a centrally disposed rib, the said rib at points adjacent the ends having openings to receive metallic blocks which are secured to the tie in any desired or preferred manner, the said blocks at the upper portions thereof being centrally provided with transversely arranged passages to receive a removable metal member or block, the last mentioned member having L-shaped slots which register with similar slots in the top of the tie and through which are adapted to be passed the shanks of rail engaging members which are arranged in pairs and one of the members of each of the pairs serving as a lock for the other member, while removable securing means are provided for the last mentioned or lock member of the rail engaging elements.

A further object of the invention is to construct a metallic tie having rail engaging means associated therewith and so arranged as to effectively secure two rails, at the meeting ends thereof, and further wherein the necessity of fish plates or. analogous connecting or securing. elements for the rail ends will be entirely dispensed with.

With the above and other objects in view the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a View illustrating rails supported upon ties'constructed in accordance with the present inventlon, Fig. 2 1s a perspectlve View of one of the ties, Fig. 3 1S an approximately central horizontal sectional view through the said tie, Fig. 4: is a sectional view approximately lar section approximately on the line Z)Z) of Fig. 3, Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one end of the tie with the removable block and the rail securing elements removed therefrom, Fig. 7 is an approximately central horizontal sectional view through the device illustrated in Fig. 6, Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the removable or cushion block, looking toward the underface of the same, and Fig. 9 is a view oftwo of the companion or co-acting rail securing elements.

In the drawings the numerals 1 designate ties and 2 the rails supported upon the ties. The ties are preferably constructed of steel and include each a horizontally straight top 3, a bottom plate 4 spaced from and arranged parallel with the top 3, and plates 5 which connect the top and bottom and a centrally arranged vertically disposed longitudinally extending web 6 which connects the top, bottom and ends.

The web 6, at a suitable distance from each of the ends of the tie is provided with a rectangular recess portion, and the end walls of these recessed portions are preferably formed with outwardly extending flanges 7 formed integral with the web and connecting the top and bottom plates of the tie.

The numerals 8 designate block members which are adapted to be arranged in the passages between the flanges 7 and to fill the said passages. These blocks are preferably constructed of iron and are provided with suitable vertically disposed openings adjacent their ends which receive securing elements 9 that pass through the top and bottom of the tie to the opposite sides of the web thereof. Each of the blocks 8, in the upper portion thereof, is centrally formed with a substantially rectangular transversely arranged opening 10, and the end wall provided by each of said openings is centrally formed with a longitudinally extending groove 11. The bottom wall provided by the opening 10 is also centrally formed with a transversely arranged groove 12, and the said bottom wall of the said opening is centrally formed with a longitudinally extending depression 13 which communicates with the groove 12.

The numerals 14 designate removable blocks, which I shall refer to as the cushion blocks, inasmuch as the same are preferably constructed of wood and are adapted to be arranged one within each of the openings 10 and to underlie the top 3 of the tie at the portion thereof upon which the rail 2 rests, and consequently tend to absorb the shock to which the comparatively thin top will be subjected to incident to the weight and jar of the rolling stock passing thereover. Each of the cushion blocks comprises a substantially rectangular member of a size to be snugly received within the openings 10, and the said block has its ends formed with tongues 15 that are adapted to be received in the grooves 11 and the block further has its bottom formed centrally with a tongue 16 that is adapted to be received in the groove 12. The cushion block 1% is centrally divided, approximately in a line with the sides of the tongue 16, with L-shaped slots 17 and 18 and the lower face of the said block, approximately in a line with the lower wall provided by the tongues 15 is formed with longitudinal depressions 19, one of which communicates with each of the L-shaped slots. The top 3 of the tie 1 is provided with L-shaped slots or openings 20 which communicate with and register with the L- shaped slots 17 and 18 of the cushion blocks,

and the said top 3 of the tie outward of the end of the oppositely disposed longitudinal passages of the slots or openings 20 is provided with an angularly disposed aperture 21 which registers with a similarly inclined aperture 22 in the cushion block ll, and these last mentioned apertures communicate one with each of the L-shaped slots 17 and 18 of the said block and the purpose of this arrangement will be presently set forth.

To secure the rails upon the ties I employ two co-acting rail engaging members 23 and 24 respectively which. are to have their shanks passed through each of the Lshaped openings in the tie and to be received in each of the L-shaped openings 17 and 18 in the cushion block 1 1-. The members 23 and 24; are provided with heads 25 which extend beyond the sides of the shanks 26 of the said members one of the extending ends of the heads resting upon the top of the tie and the other having its inner edge beveled to snugly engage with the beveled or angularly disposed base flange of the rails 2, and if necessary to contact with the web of the said rail. The shank 26 of the member 23 is of a width equaling that of one of the angularly disposed passages of the L-shaped opening 20 and the L-shaped slots 17 and 18. This shank has its lower end provided with oppositely extending flanges 27, and the said flanges when the shank thereof is first arranged within the longer opening or passage of the slots and is moved longitudinally to within the shorter opening thereof, will contact with the upper wall provided by the depression 19} The shank 26 of the member 24 'is' of alength equaling that of the longer passage of the slots and depressions and provides a wedge member for the element 23. One of the sides of the shank 26 of the member 24 is provided with an angularly disposed aperture 28 which, if desired, may be threaded, and which registers with the aperture 22. A securing element, such as a spike or screw 29, is inserted through the registering or alining apertures 21, 22 and 28 whereby the rail engaging elements are removably connected to the tie and to the cushion blocks. One pair of rail engaging members may be first arranged upon the tie at each end of the said tie, and the rails may be then positioned and forced into engagement with the members 23 and 24. Thereafter the member 23 for each of the remaining L-shaped slots is sustained at an angle so that its shank 26 and flange 27 may be inserted through the wider opening of the said L-shaped slots and moved longitudinally to within the narrow opening of the said slot. The member 2a is likewise first arranged at an angle so that its shank will be positioned within the wider opening of the L-shaped slots and the member is then forced to a vertical position, the head of the said member being first arranged approximately in a line with the underface of the i head of the rail and thereafter brought to engage with the web as well as the base flange of the rail.

From the above descrlptlon, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

the simplicity of the device, as well'as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is: i

1. The herein described construction of metal ties and rail securing means therefor,

including a tie having a top, a bottom, ends I connecting the top and bottom, a central longitudinally extending web connecting the top and bottom and the ends, said web, ad-

jacent the ends of the tie having openings, a metal block within each of the openings,

means for securing the block to the tie, a cushion block removably connected with the first mentioned block and underlying the top of the tie, and rail securing means pass- H ing through registering slots inthe top of the tie and the cushion block, means for securing the rail securing means to the top of the tie and to the cushion block, and said means retaining the cushion block upon the p top, bottom and ends, said web having openings adjacent its ends, laterally extending flanges upon the end walls provided by the openings, a block within each of the openings and contacting the walls thereof, means for securing the block in the said opening, said block having its upper side provided with a transverse opening, a cushion block filling the opening, means passing through openings in the top of the tie and the cushion block for engaging with the rail to secure the rail to the tie, means for locking the rail securing means, and such means holding the cushion block in its seat.

3. In a device for the purpose set forth, a metal tie including parallel top and bottom plates and a Web connecting the top and bottom, said web adjacent the ends of the tie being provided with openings, a block arranged in and filling each of the openings, each of said blocks having its up per face centrally provided with a transverse opening, the end walls of said opening having longitudinally extending grooves, a cushion block for each of these openings, each of said cushion blocks having its ends provided with tongues to be received in the referred to grooves in the end walls of the openings, means passing through the top of the tie and entering the cushion block and engaging with rails upon the ties for securing the said rails to the tie, and said means also securing the cushion block upon the tie.

i. In a device for the purpose set forth, a metal tie including a straight top and bottom and a central web connecting the top and bottom, said Web adjacent the ends of the tie having substantially rectangular openings and the end walls provided by each of the openings having laterally extending flanges, a block received in each of the openings and filling the said openings, vertically disposed means for securing the blocks to the tie.

5. In a device for the purpose set forth, a tie for supporting rails having .a parallel top and bottom, end plates connecting the top and bottom, a central web connecting the top, bottom and ends, said web adjacent the ends of the tie having elongated openings and the end walls of the openings being flanged laterally and said flanges engaging with the top and bottom of the tie, a block filling each of the openings, said block having its upper portion provided with a recess having transverse walls, the end walls and the bottom wall of the said opening being formed with grooves, a cushion block having its ends and its bottom formed with tongues, one of such cushion blocks adapted to be arranged in each of the referred to openings to have its tongues received in the referred to grooves thereof and to fill the said openings, each of said blocks having a vertically disposed L-shaped opening, and a longitudinal depression upon the underface communicating with the said L-shaped openings, the top of the tie having L-shaped openings registering with the L-shaped openings in the cushion blocks, rail engaging members disposed in pairs each including a head and a depending shank, the shank of one of the members being of a width to be received within the longer passage of the L-shaped openings, the shank of the other said member being of a width to be received in the shorter passage of the said opening, the shank of the latter member having its end formed with a lateral flange to engage with the walls of the recess in the cushion blocks which communicates with the L- shaped openings, and the shank of this last mentioned member adapted to be engaged by the shank of the first mentioned member to hold the same in the said passage of the opening, and a member passing angularly through the top of the tie, the cushion block and entering the longer passage of the L- shaped openings therein and being received in the shank of one of the rail securing members to lock the rail securing members upon the tie and to lock the cushion block upon the tie.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN BEAUREGARD GLENN.

-Witnesses:

E. B. OLIVE, ODELL SEPAUGH.

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